Gordon Kirkby BSc

Bachelor of Science

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, LLB

Bachelor of Laws

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 (born 26 September 1958 in Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Prince Albert, Saskatchewan

Prince Albert is the third-largest city in Saskatchewan, Canada. It is situated in the centre of the province on the banks of the North Saskatchewan River. The city is known as the "Gateway to the North" because it is the last major centre along the route to the resources of northern Saskatchewan...

) was a member of the Canadian House of Commons

Canadian House of Commons

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 at the Prince Albert—Churchill River

Prince Albert—Churchill River

Prince Albert—Churchill River was a federal electoral district in the province of Saskatchewan, Canada, that was represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1988 to 1997....

 electoral district

Electoral district

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 from 1993 to 1997. He is a lawyer

Lawyer

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 by career, following studies at the University of Saskatchewan

University of Saskatchewan

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Kirkby was mayor of his home town Prince Albert from 1988 until 1993, when he began to campaign for a seat in Canadian Parliament with the Liberal party

Liberal Party of Canada

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. He won his home riding in the 1993 federal election

Canadian federal election, 1993

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 then served in the 35th Canadian Parliament

35th Canadian Parliament

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. Kirkby lost to Reform party

Reform Party of Canada

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 candidate Derrek Konrad

Derrek Konrad

Derrek P. Konrad was a member of the Canadian House of Commons from 1997 to 2000.He was elected to the Canadian House of Commons at the Prince Albert electoral district in the 1997 federal election. He was a member of the Reform party, later renamed the Canadian Alliance...

 in the 1997 election

Canadian federal election, 1997

The Canadian federal election of 1997 was held on June 2, 1997, to elect members of the Canadian House of Commons of the 36th Parliament of Canada. Prime Minister Jean Chrétien's Liberal Party of Canada won a second majority government...

, campaigning in the riding which was by then restructured as Prince Albert

Prince Albert (electoral district)

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After he left Canadian politics, Kirkby moved to Winnipeg, Manitoba to resume his legal career. He made an unsuccessful bid to become Winnipeg's mayor in 2004.

Gordon Kirkby moved back to Prince Albert and started up his own law firm. Kirkby took on a partner later on in Philip Fourie making their law firm Kirkby Fourie Law.

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